Joe was preceded in death by his parents Ann Brunner Neel and Robert T. Neel, Sr.

Joe was a graduate of the University of Arkansas and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He had recently retired from Breckenridge Resorts Trail Maintenance after 25 years of service and had previously been active in farming and the agricultural business in Arkansas.

A memorial service will be held in Breckenridge at a later date and a celebration of his life will be held in Arkansas sometime this spring.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the Wounded Warrior Project (www.wounded